And we are now launched, with a new preparation for a new course: a Royal Road into the millennia of global economic history, hopefully designed for both humanists and quants who want an introduction to learning to model pieces of the world economy throughout its history—from agriculture to attention economies—without needing to already have learned to be a coder first. (Why am I doing a new preparation the last semester before I go emeritus? Because I am a moron…)

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Quantitative Long-Run Global Economic History: Seminar

Special Topics in Economics (Spring 2026)

< https://bcourses.berkeley.edu/courses/1551896 >

J. Bradford DeLong

delong@econ.berkeley.edu brad.delong@gmail.com delong@hey.com +1-925-708-0467

Tu 1-3 Evans 560 :: Th 1-3 Zoom :: additional mandatory office hours to be arranged

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The idea is to put all of the course materials below the paywall fold so that those who want to follow along and virtually participate—and ask questions and get answers!—can do so.

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